BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-fate-of-the-ame ricas-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-the-hemispheric-cold-war/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3fc4b901-7332-46c4-8387-8c63ae7dfaf3 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260528T071525 DTSTART:20260602T170000 DTEND:20260602T183000 SUMMARY:The fate of the Americas: the Cuban Missile Crisis and the hemisph eric cold war LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (MAR.2.04\, Ma rshall Building) DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 2 June 2026 6pm - 7.30pmSpeakerRenata KellerChairDr Ta nya HarmerDespite twenty-first-century fears of nuclear conflagrations wit h North Korea\, Russia\, and Iran\, the Cuban Missile Crisis is the closes t the United States has come to nuclear war.That history has largely been a bilateral narrative of the US-USSR struggle for postwar domination\, wit h Cuba as the central staging ground—a standard account that obscures th e shock waves that reverberated throughout Latin America.Drawing on source s from across the hemisphere\, this first hemispheric examination of the C uban Missile Crisis shows how leaders and ordinary citizens throughout the region caused\, participated in\, and were profoundly affected by the Cub an Missile Crisis.Join us to hear Renata Keller discuss her new book on th e subject and to answer any questions you may have.Meet our speakerRenata Keller is an Associate Professor of Latin American History at the Universi ty of Nevada\, Reno. Her second book\, 'The Fate of the Americas: The Cuba n Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War' was published with UNC Pres s in October 2025. Her first book\, 'Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba\, the Unite d States\, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution' (Cambridge\, 2015) wa s awarded SECOLAS's Alfred B. Thomas Book Prize and honourable mentions fo r RMCLAS's Thomas McGann and Michael C. Meyer Prizes. Her research has rec eived funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Fulbrig ht Foundation\, the Social Science Research Council\, the Philanthropic Ed ucational Organization\, the Kluge Center at the U.S. Library of Congress\ , the American Philosophical Society\, and other institutions. She is also a founding co-editor of InterConnections: The Global Twentieth Century\, a new book series at UNC Press.Meet our chairTanya Harmer is a specialist on the Cold War in Latin America with a particular interest in the interna tional\, transnational and global dynamics of the struggle. She has writte n widely on Chile’s revolutionary process in the 1970s\, the Cuban Revol ution’s influence in Latin America\, counter-revolution and inter-Americ an diplomacy\, solidarity networks\, women and gender. Her first book\, 'A llende’s Chile and the Inter-American Cold War' won LASA's Luciano Tomas sini prize in 2013. Her latest book tells the story of Beatriz Allende and Chile’s Revolutionary Left that came of age in the shadow of the Cuban Revolution.From time to time there are changes to event details so we stro ngly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on thi s listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hosting this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running and administration of this event. While we take responsible measures to ensure that accurate in formation is given here this event is ultimately the responsibility of the organisation presenting the event.LSE holds a wide range of events\, cove ring many of the most controversial issues of the day\, and speakers at ou r events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by spea kers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of the London Scho ol of Economics and Political Science. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-history/events/the-fate- of-the-americas-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-the-hemispheric-cold-war END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR